Water-pipe system



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E. W. GILES.

WATER PIPE SYSTEM. No. 589,650. Patented Sept. 7,1897.

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EDXVARD YVA'LTER GILES, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

WATER-PIPE SYSTEM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 589,650, datedSeptember 7, 1897.

Application filed February 28, 1897. $e1'ial N01 624,587. (No model.)

To all whom it may .IZOILLGF'IL:

Be it known that l, EDWARD WALTER GILES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in ater-Pipe Systems for Houses, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved dry water-pipe system for houses.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel construction andarrangement of water-supply pi pet; and safety cutoft valves by means ofWhich the distributing-pipes throughout the house may be kept emptyexcept at the time water is being drawn.

Another obj ectis to provide means whereby one pipe will serve todeliver either hot or cold water or both hot and cold at the same time.In this system no cook or spigot is employed at the discharge-nozzle,but a controlling valve is employed for each pipe and located in thecellar or basement of the house or any place above a few inches oflowest drainage level, said controlling-valve serving to turn on asupply of water to the pipe which has the discharge nozzle, to outofithe supply, and also to drain or empty the said pipe.

In order to make the invention clearly understood, l have shown one formof the same in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is anelevation showing a stationary washbowl, my improved pipe system for hotand cold water, with the controllingvalves, and means for operating thesame. Fig. 2 is a side view of one of the controllingvalves. Fig. 3 is avertical section of the hot and cold water union and guide-valve. Fig.it is a top view of the union, the screw-cap be.- ing removed andshowing the guide-valve. Fig. 5 is a view, separately, of theguide-valve detached from the union. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of acontrolling-valve. Fig. 7 is a .similar view showing the valve in theclosed or cut-off position, as when draining the pipe.

This pipe system is applicable to dwellinghouses, storchouses, or otherstructures and may extend to the first, second, third, or other upperfloors of such buildings.

For the purpose of illustration the system is here shown as it may beapplied to an upper floor of a house and in connection with an ordinary,stationary water-bowl.

The letter A designates the main cold-water manifold, and A thehot-water manifold, the latter leading from an ordinarycirculatingboiler. (Not shown.) The washbowl B is supposed to be locatedin a room on the upper floor. A cold-water pipe cl leads from themanifold A, and in like manner a hot-water pipe (2 leads from themanifold A. These two pipes connect with the union G, and from thisunion a single pipe f leads upward and terminates in an always-opendischarge-nozzle f over the bowl B. No cock or spigot is em ployed, asis ordinarily the case, in near relation to the said discharge nozzle.The valves which control the water in the distributing-pipes d e arelocated, preferably, in the cellar or basement or as near as possible tothe lowest drainage-level of the premises, where they are secure fromfreezing in winter. All the pipe above said valves is drained or freedfrom Water and kept empty except when water is being drawn. These valvesare designated by the letters F F. As the valves are both alike, exceptbeing right and left action, a description here of one of them will besufficient.

The valve-case has two screw connections g g for attachment to the pipeand a third connection it for attachment of a drain-tube 7t, which leadsto the main waste-pipe O. This drain-tube is made in two parts and hasascrew-couplin g i for uniting the parts. valve j, which is in thevalve-case, is an ordinary plug-valve and has a movement equal to aquarter-turn. It contains two ways or passages, as shown, which are of afamiliar construction, one serving for a supply of water and the otherserving to drain the pipe empty. The plug-valve has an end projectingthrough the Wall of the case, and a gear- Wheel 7c is fixed on said end,By turning this wheel one way or the other the valve-passages in theplug j are brought into the desired position. Attached to the side ofthe valve-case is a laterally-projecting pivot-stud 1), whose positionis above but parallel with the plug-valve j. A gear-wheel la is looselymounted on this pivot-stud and gears with the wheel I; on the end of theplug-valve. A sprocket-wheel 7.; is joined to the gear-wheel It on thestud.

Adjacent the discharge-nozzle f are two The l sprocket-wheels L L,pivoted to a suitable support q. Each wheel has a lever-handle 'm tofacilitate turning. A connection is made between each of these leversprocket-wheels and one of the valve sprocket-wheels 7.3 on thepivot-stud.

The union C and guide-valve will be understood by reference to Figs. 3,i, and 5. At its top the union has a screw-cap 0', which covers thevalve-chamber s, and the pipe f connects with this screw-cap. Twoinclined valve-seats t t are in the chamber, one confronting the other.One of these seats hasa cold-water port and the other a hot-water port.A screw-cap u is on the bottom and forms a small chamber it below thevalvechamber 8. A narrow slot '0 opens down to said small chamber.chamber 5 and has an end w, which projects down through the narrow slot1;, and by this construction the flap-valve is free to be tilted orvibrated from one inclined seat to the other to allow either cold or hotwater to pass up, or if it is desired to draw both cold and hot water atthe same. time then the flap-valve to will stand upright, as indicatedby broken lines in Fig. 3, and allow both waters to pass.

By turning the sprocket-wheel L, adjacent the always-open nozzle, thecontrolling-valve F of the cold-water pipe is operated. In this way coldwater may be drawn to supply the bowl B, the flap-valve w tilting.against the seatt to allow the water to pass, and when the wheel isturned to cut off the flowing water comm unication is at onceestablished between the nozzle-pipe f and the waste-pipe O by way of thedrain-tube 72,, and the said nozzle-pipe is thereby emptied. It will beseen that when draining the water in the nozzle-pipe f will be guided inits backflow by the inclined flapvalve w. Hot water will be drawn bysprocketwheel L and drained in the same manner. In the present instancethe connection between the upper sprocket-wheels L L and the lower oneskcomprise a short chain a about each sprocket and two wires or rods 0 0,connecting these chains. By the improved con struction here shown of apivot-stud p, separate from the valve-plug j, and providing intermeshinggears on the said valve-plug and pivot-stud and placing the chainsprocketwheel k on the stud all strain of operating the chain comes onthe pivot-stud and not on the valve-plug. Consequently the latter issaved from undue wear and may be used constantly for a long time withoutleaking.

Any number of distributing-pipes may be attached to the manifold.

The washbowl here shown is only by way of illustration. The system is tobe used for bath-tubs, water-closets, sinks, or any other specialpurpose. This system is also applicable to fire-plugs or sprinklers.

It will thus be seen that by my invention the water-distributing pipesthroughout the house are emptied every time Water is drawn, and all ofsaid pipes are thus kept dry except A flap-valve w is in. the

at the time it is desired to draw water. This arrangement prevents anydrip of water into the washbowl and prevents freezing of the pipes andavoids leakage and consequent damage to walls, plastering, and property.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a system forwater-distributing pipes in houses, the combination of a lowerdistributing-pipe for hot water and another pipe for cold water; a unionwith which both of said pipes connect; a single pipe leading upward fromsaid union and terminating in an always-open clischargemozzle; a valvein said union which opens communication between either the hot-waterpipe and the dischargenozzle or the cold-water pipe and the dis--charge-nozzle; a waste-water pipe; and a valve-controlled drain-tubeconnecting from the hot and cold water pipes, respectively, to saidwaste-water pipe.

2. In a system for water-distributing pipes in houses, the combinationof a lower dis tributing-pipe for hot water and another pipe for coldwater; a union with which both of said pipes connect; a single pipeleading upward from said union and terminating in an always-opendischarge-nozzle; a valve in said union which opens communicationbetween either the hotqvater pipe and the dischargenozzle or thecold-water pipe and the dis charge-nozzle; a controlling-valve in eachdistributing-pipe; and means located adjacent said discharge-nozzle andconnecting therefrom to the said controlling-valves, as set forth.

3. In a system for water-distributing pi ci' in houses, the combinationof a lower distributing-pipe for hot water and another pipe for coldwater; a union with which both of said pipes connect; a single pipeleading upward from said union and terminating in an always-opendischarge-nozzle; two inclined valve-seats in said union one having ahotwater port and the other a cold-water port a tilting or vibratingvalve to close either one of said ports; a waste-water pipe; avalvecontrolled drain-tube connecting from the hotand cold water pipes,respectively, to said waste-water pipe; and means located adjacent saiddischarge-nozzle and connecting therefrom to the saidcontrolling-valves, as set forth.

4. In a system for water-distributing pipes in houses, the combinationof a lower dis tributing-pipe for hot water and another pipe for coldwater; a union with which both of said pipes connect; a single pipeleading upward from said unionand terminating in an always-opendischarge-nozzle; a valve in said union which opens communicationbetween either the hot-water pipe and the dischargenozzle or thecold-water pipe and the dis charge-nozzle; awaste-water pipe; acontrolling-valve in each distributing-pipe a draintube connecting fromeach of said controlling-valves to the waste-water pipe; and

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means located adjacent said discharge-nozzle and connecting therefrom tothe said controlling-valves, as set forth.

5. In a system for water-distributing pipes in houses, the combinationof a distributingpipe; an aiwnysopen discharge-nozzle; a waste-waterpipe in the lower part of the building; a valve-case in saiddistributingpipe; a drain-tube connecting from said valve-ease to thewaste-water pipe; a rotary ping-valve in said valve-case and providedwith a gemwheel; a sprocket-wheel and gearwheel loosely mounted on saidvalve-casethe two gear-wheels being engaged; and an endless-chainconnection from a point near the said always-open nozzle to thesprocketwheel on the valve-case, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD WAIIFER GILES.

Witnesses:

CHAPIN A. FERGUSON, CHARLES B. MANN, J r.

